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*Special Collector's Edition available to the first UK print run only! Revealing a beautiful full-colour board design with foil detailing beneath the dust jacket. Make sure to pre-order your copy. Available while stocks last.*She survives four queens. Will she fall to a tyrant?Jane Boleyn watches from the shadows of the Tudor court. Where nothing is more powerful than a secret - or more deadly.As the Boleyns rise, Jane rises with them. But the king's love is a fickle thing. And when the royal gaze turns elsewhere, Jane uses the only weapon she has: her voice.To survive in this dazzling, dangerous world she has mastered many masks: loving wife, devoted sister, and obedient spy. Now she must step out of the shadows.She might outlive her rivals. She might know the court's darkest secrets. But power rests on the edge of a tyrant king's sword. Where will it fall next?Philippa Gregory brings the Boleyn traitor into the light in an explosive story of one woman's survival in the treacherous heart of the Tudor court.'Beautifully written, meticulously researched ... utterly compelling and unputdownable' SANTA MONTEFIOREA stunning tour de force: compelling, thrilling, mesmerising, completely engrossing' BARBARA ERSKINE'An enthralling historical thriller and a mirror on contemporary politics ... rich and compelling' C J COOKE'A propulsive, emotional, thrill ride through the Tudor court' LUCY CLARKE'Gregory has popularised Tudor history perhaps more than any other living fiction' Sunday TimesBook 10 in the Tudor and Plantagenet Novels series
Philippa Gregory is a historian and novelist renowned for combining rich research with powerful storytelling. Through her writing, she reveals the women history tried to forget - and whose stories are more relevant today than ever. Her novels have sold millions of copies worldwide and been adapted for stage, television and film.In 2023 she published her critically acclaimed non-fiction book Normal Women, a new social history of women in England for 900 years. It has also been adapted as a podcast, teen edition and children's edition.In 2021 Philippa Gregory was awarded a CBE for services to literature and charity.www.philippagregory.com
